فَما يَقدَحُ الفَقرُ في حالِهِ

وَلا يَطمَعُ الدَهرُ في قَصدِهِ

Neither does poverty affect his state,

Nor does fate aspire to thwart his aims.

وَكَيفَ وَقَد صارَ ضَيفَ الغَمامِ

وَهُوَ قَريبٌ عَلى بُعدِهِ

How could it, when he has become a guest of the clouds,

And is near though distant he remains.

وَمَن عَقَلَت بِأَبي تَغلِبُ

يَداهُ اِحتَذى البَدرَ مِن سَعدِهِ

Whose mind was gifted by Abu Taghlib,

His hands copied the full moon in its glory.

همامٌ قَضى اللَهُ مِن عَرشِهِ

لَهُ بِالإِمارِةِ في مَهدِهِ

Hammam whom Allah had ordained,

To the Emirate while in his cradle.

فَطودُ السِيادَةِ في دَستِهِ

وَشَمسُ الرِياسَةِ في بُردِهِ

In his hands lies the mantle of leadership,

And the sun of supremacy in his cloak.